Word: gig
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Fifty years ago the King-Emperor was a small and mischievous midshipman, known as "Sprats"* to the ship's company aboard Her Majesty's Ironclad Bac chante. The coxswain of the captain's gig was rollicking Bill King, who wore a big straw hat with ribbons down the back and was a great favorite with the middies. Last week rollicking Bill the sailor, now a little old gentleman of 75, stumped up the gravel drive of Craigwell House, Bognor, to call on King George, with worn logbook in his arms. His Majesty was delighted. For 15 minutes...
...tutors, who might be expected to give significance in terms of divisionals and fields of concentration to the final harvesting of a half-year's study, cannot be consulted, while the section man, often as like to the tutor as the captain to the crew of the captain's gig, keeps precarious office hours...
...that's all that mattered. They sure didn't forget me afterwards. They packed the house that night and George Owen made the chorines blush when he executed a high kick and shot the pigskin onto the stage. Between the acts they gave me this cute little thing-ama-gig," and the footlight star and wisecracker continued to twirl the little thing-ama-gig around...
ARICIE BRUN-Emile Henriot- Viking Press ($2). A prosperous Bordeaux mercer has the misfortune to upset his gig in a ditch. A young traveling man, Julien Brun, has the good fortune to pull him out. Thus, in 1817, begins a human little pageant of French bourgeoisie that continues for four generations, to the outbreak of war in 1914. For of course young Brun marries the mercer's daughter and lives, though not ever after or in unmitigated bliss, at least long enough to father some little Bruns, whom we follow to their several graves. Aricie is the unselfish daughter...
...Nancy Brig". Apparently she last touched at Singapore, Malay Peninsula, somewhere cast of Sucz, and there she has remained. For no sooner did she dock than the cook and the captain bold, and the mate, and the bosun tight and the midshipmite and the crew of the captain's gig, all swarmed ashore, ordered a drink and became at once the president, secretary-treasurer, election committee and sole member of what was destined to be a famous organization. Became in fact, the Harvard Club of Singapore...